Cities and towns; Social psychology; Sociology; Sociology, Urban
4. The final product of the city environment is found in the new types
of personality which it engenders. Here the latent energies and
capacities of individuals find expression and locate themselves within
the range of a favorable milieu. This possibility of segregating one’s
self from the crowd develops and accentuates what there is of
individuality in the human personality. The city gives an opportunity to
men to practice their specialty vocationally and develop it to the
utmost degree. It provides also the stimulus and the conditions which
tend to bring out those temperamental and psychological qualities within
the individual through the multiple behavior patterns which it
tolerates.
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X. THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY
The city and the country represent two opposite poles in modern
civilization. The difference between the two is not merely one of
degree, but of kind. Each has its own peculiar type of interests, of
social organization, and of humanity. These two worlds are in part
antagonistic and in part complementary to each other. The one influences
the life of the other, but they are by no means equally matched. The
analysis of these differences, antagonisms, and interacting forces has
not passed even the descriptive stage.
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